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Here we share news and views from @ProstateCancerUK for our growing professional community who have an interest in prostate disease 🧑‍🔬⤵️
📢Careers in Research Webinar📢

🤔Got a great idea, but not sure how to turn it into a clinical trial?

📉Curious about careers in trials – stats, methods, data?

Register to explore how partnering with a CTSU can support researchers at every stage 👇

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November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Calling all Clinician and AHPs 👨‍⚕️ 👩‍⚕️

Apply for our free 18-month flagship Clinical Champions Programme. Become a leader in transforming care and support for men impacted by prostate cancer.

Apply today 👉 bit.ly/46I5Fn9
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our new Black Men’s One-to-One Support Service connects Black men affected by prostate cancer to a volunteer who truly understands their experience.

🩵 Please signpost men in your care to bit.ly/47yAMke or our phone line 0800 448 0745 to self-refer.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Could genetic information help personalise radiotherapy to reduce rectal toxicity?

A team led by Dr Alan McWilliam and Artemis Bouzaki at @manchester.ac.uk report exciting new findings in Clinical Cancer Research.

Grab a ☕ and read: doi.org/10.1158/1078...
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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📣 Big news for clinical prostate cancer researchers!

The NCRI Prostate Group has re-established as UK Prostate Cancer Clinical Research Strategy Group (CRSG) - a national hub for collaboration & innovation in prostate cancer research.

Learn more 👇
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October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎵 Movin’ for Men’s Health! One of our brilliant researchers, Prof. Charlotte Bevan, is hosting a Soul Nite to raise funds for @prostateuk.bsky.social and Movember.

📅 When: 8pm, 8th November
📍 Where: The Camden Club, London

Find out more and register ⤵️
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October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last month, we launched our new One-to-One support service for Black men, which operates alongside our existing peer support service.

Please signpost Black men in your care to bit.ly/47yAMke or our phone line 0800 448 0745 to self-refer. 💙
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🗣️ Just 1 week left to share your views on the 10-year NHS England workforce plan!

Share your views on:
🔜Future NHS workforce models
📋How to support delivery of the 3-shifts
🥼How to align staff with the future of the NHS in England

📅Due 7 Nov

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October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Could radiomic features guide adaptive radiotherapy to minimise rectal toxicity?

A brilliant team led by Prof. Bill Nailon, Prof. Duncan McLaren and Dr Zhuolin Yang at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social share interesting new findings in phiRO.

Grab a ☕ and read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ph...
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📣Each From Ideas to Innovation session will feature a reflection by a Patient Research Partner (PRP) -a man or family member affected by #ProstateCancer.

🙏We’re grateful to our PRPs for sharing their stories & shaping our research.

⬇️ Register to attend.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🗣️ Hear from experts sharing the latest data on the use of genetic information in prostate cancer care at the high-profile conference, Genomics and Prostate Cancer.

📅 Friday 12 December
📍 The Royal Society of Medicine, London
➡️ Secure your place: bit.ly/4pS5cGz
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
There’s still time to share your thoughts on the 10-year NHS England workforce plan!

Share your views on:
🔜Future NHS workforce models
📋How to support delivery of the 3-shifts
🥼How to align staff with the future of the NHS in England

📅Due 7 Nov

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October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The October edition of Research News is here! Read more about:

🚴 Tour de 4.
🤝 Upcoming meetings and webinars.
🌱 A personal development resource.
🗣️ Speakers at our researcher event, From Ideas to Innovation.
💰 Funding opportunities.

📖 Read it here: prostatecanceruk.org/research/for...
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
[1/9] 🔎 Let’s take a closer look at the exciting findings from the Prostate Cancer UK-funded study led by @veerukasi.bsky.social, Dr Alex Ng & Dr Aqua Asif at @ucl.ac.uk recently published in @jama.com 🧵.
Prostate Cancer UK Professionals (@prostateukprofs.bsky.social)
Could faster MRI scans allow more men to receive timely #ProstateCancer diagnoses? Research published in @jama.com led by @veerukasi.bsky.social, Dr Alex Ng & Dr Aqua Asif at @ucl.ac.uk compares the…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Can expanding germline testing improve #ProstateCancer risk detection in men of African ancestry?

A great team effort led by Prof Vanessa Hayes with Prof Ros Eeles from @icr.ac.uk, and the PPCG, published in @natcomms.nature.com

Grab a ☕ and read: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 @cancerresearchuk.org has refreshed their career support for clinical academics, aiming to address some of the specific challenges they face.

💻 Join their webinar on 19 November to learn more and ask your questions.

Register using the link below! ⤵️

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October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations team!! Great to see data from STOPCAP presented on such an international platform!
Great to see @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social funded work being presented at #ESMO25

Congrats to Peter Godolphin and team from @ucl.ac.uk and @mrcctu.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Members of our Research Team are at #ESMO25 in Berlin this weekend, if you spot them be sure to say hello, or guten tag 😃
Very excited to be in Berlin and at #ESMO25
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Our fantastic @prostateukprofs.bsky.social career development fellow @juanjimenezvacas.bsky.social takes a closer look at a potential new treatment approach for #ProstateCancer that has stopped responding to existing therapies ⬇️.
🚨 Delighted to share our latest paper, from
@asharpmedonc.bsky.social team in collaboration with Johann de Bono’s team at @icr.ac.uk and international colleagues, published in Nature Communications @natureportfolio.nature.com
Read here: bit.ly/477pYt7
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October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Reposted by Prostate Cancer UK Professionals
A one year opportunity has arisen for a lab-based molecular scientist to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. Starting Feb 2026. Please contact me.

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Research Associate (RA2352) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Research Associate (RA2352) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Norwich Medical School Department of Metabolic Health…
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October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Government wants to hear from you to shape a 10-year NHS England workforce plan!

Share your views on:
🔜Future NHS workforce models
📋How to support delivery of the 3-shifts
🥼How to align staff with the future of the NHS in England

📅Due 7 Nov

buff.ly/DuyIVqU
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Reposted by Prostate Cancer UK Professionals
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 3 years starting in Feb 2026.

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October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Could targeting MCL1 be a new treatment approach for hormone therapy-resistant #ProstateCancer?

A study in @natcomms.nature.com by @juanjimenezvacas.bsky.social, @asharpmedonc.bsky.social and the @icr.ac.uk team explores precision therapy strategies.

Grab a ☕ and read: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Exciting opportunity in this fantastic team ⬇️
New studentship available in the cancer genetics team at UEA, UK. This PhD is about investigating whether the presence of bacteria is directly causing prostate cancer development.Feb 2025. Stipend and fees available to those that are eligible.
@ueamedical.bsky.social

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PhD From Microbiome to Medicine: Understanding How Anaerobic Bacteria Cause Prostate Cancer (COOPERC_U26MEDBCCT) 2025/26 | UEA
PhD From Microbiome to Medicine: Understanding How Anaerobic Bacteria Cause Prostate Cancer (COOPERC_U26MEDBCCT) 2025/26 | UEA
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October 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Missed our RCGP session on the latest in prostate cancer care for GPs?

Catch up anytime. Watch on-demand now ➡️ bit.ly/46nHUAv

#ProstateCancer I #GPEducation
RCGP Men’s Health June 2025 Prostate Cancer UK Sponsored Symposium | Latest Updates in Prostate Cancer for GPs – Prostate Cancer UK Education
Join this webinar with Dr Sam Merriel to explore prostate cancer risk factors, PSA blood testing, diagnostic updates, and health inequalities. Chaired by Dr Anand Patel, the session will provide…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM